Food Allergy And Anaphylaxis Safety Medical And Legal Information

OnespotTM Allergy Blog is written by Elizabeth Goldenberg, Canada's best known Allergy Expert & Lawyer. She’s the founder of Onespot Allergy, the co-founder and co-owner of EpiCenter Medical known for its online anaphylaxis first aid course and Epi-Kits to hang epinephrine on the wall like a defibrillator, and mother to two sons, one of whom has a life-threatening allergy to peanuts and tree nuts.

I went through my recipe binder tonight and came across a recipe for SunButter/Trail Mix Granola Balls from The Nut-Free Mom Blog. Written by Jenny Kales, it’s an excellent site to check out, if you’re curious. I modified the recipe slightly by pouring the finished product onto a parchment covered cookie tray and flattening it […]

Sanofi Canada, makers of Allerject™ the epinephrine auto-injector, provided me with this excellent infographic titled “Today’s Lesson: Food Allergies.” It was created for a general awareness campaign on anaphylaxis and provides an excellent guide that illustrates how to identify anaphylaxis and what to do in case of an emergency situation caused by food allergies. I’m very pleased […]

Earlier this summer, I noticed that my dog Coco was not well. She had seemed low energy for several days, then she threw up, and a couple of days later she refused food and water. I went outside to check her stools, and some of them were as skinny as my baby finger, instead of as […]

The CBC reports on the show As It Happens that the city of Mayo, Yukon has a “super fun” annual peanut drop to celebrate Canada Day (which was yesterday). I listened to the interview which you can listen by clicking here, and the organizer explained that local children used to be given discounted helicopter rides […]

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Natalie Giorgi, age 13, was in the campground lodge at Camp Sacramento on her final night of camping with her family. The snacks served included a creamy covered Rice Krispie snack. She took a bite and a family friend reported, “She immediately knew that it wasn’t right, spit it out and went to tell her […]

The other day, I had the privilege of speaking with food allergy pioneer Linda Coss, who has some exciting news to share. Both of her popular dairy, egg, peanut, and nut-free food allergy cookbooks – “What’s to Eat?” and “What Else is to Eat?” – are now available in e-book format! As Linda will tell […]

Recently, I spoke with the clerk at a health food store and learned that she’s peanut allergic (I get into allergy conversations everywhere I go). We got on the subject of protein bars, and she told me that SimplyWhey bars are peanut and nut safe. I bought a bar and felt excited about her recommendation, […]

UPDATE 20 August 2014: I have bad news, very very bad news. You will see below that this commercial has been revised, and the revisions are terrible. It’s been changed to the exact messaging that costs people their lives year after year. What I originally wrote is this: I love this new EpiPen commercial from […]

Argan oil is derived from the nuts of Argania spinosa, a native desert tree in Morocco. In other words, the fruit of the Argania spinosa tree often called “argan nuts” are tree nuts. The oil is cold pressed as opposed to heat processed or highly refined, making it more likely to contain allergenic protein. As I’ve explained before, the difference […]